For the Colliwoblers and other football tragics

The steal!

Coming from out of nowhere,

The feint!

Throwing the defender off balance

Then the counter-clockwise spin

Disengaging the pursuing tackler,

Torpedoing the footy through the closing gap

To the forward

Who snaps it through from twenty metres out

For a goal!

That’s Footy!

That’s what I’m talking about!

That’s Poetry!